School Learning Plan

EQUITY AREA OF FOCUS:

WE build honest, safe, and inclusive relationships with our diverse students and their families.

WE provide needed support so that every student succeeds.

Equity Goal:

To advance comparable outcomes in achievement, equitable treatment, the opportunity to learn, and access to resources for historically marginalized and underserved student groups. 

Measurement tools: Building Equity Audit, 4th/5th-grade student survey, BSD caregiver survey.

Key Strategies:

• Equity, Inclusion & Instruction Committee.

• Communication accessibility via interpretation and translation resources. 

• Professional development opportunities related to equitable learning practices, anti-bias, and anti-racism.

• Staff book study Building Equity: Policies & Practices to Empower All Learners

• Professional learning on co-teaching practices.

• Analyze data 21-22 data to identify areas of need and devise and implement action plans to accelerate learning. 

• Implementation of Kindness in the Classroom - a social/emotional learning curriculum.

• Implementation of Social Science standards. 

Academic EXCELLENCE AREA OF FOUCS:

WE teach students knowledge and skills for our evolving world.

WE seek, support, and recognize world-class employees.

WE engage students with a variety of relevant and challenging learning experiences

WE create learning environments that promote student achievement.

Academic excellence Goal:

Students aspire toward high school graduation and post-high school success by accelerating the learning process and striving toward a year or more progress on reading, writing, math, and content goals.

All Elmonica students will advance one or more year’s growth in reading achievement as measured by the Independent  Reading Level Assessment  (IRLA) in June of 2023.

Measurement tools: Personal learning goals, State Assessment (SBAC), and Independent Reading Level Assessment (IRLA). 

Key Strategies:

• Academic Excellence Committee

• Analyze assessment data and make instructional improvement plans.

• ELD co-teaching in 13 targeted classrooms. 

• Implementation of the workshop model and Units of Study, including targeted language and vocabulary development.

• Communicate learning targets, relevance, and success criteria to students and caregivers.

• Provide authentic experiences using background knowledge, drawing upon culturally relevant learning, reading materials, visual strategies, and realia.

• Provide frequent informal assessments, feedback, encouragement, and celebrations of success.

Collaboration AREA OF FOCUS:

WE work and learn in teams to understand student needs and improve learning outcomes.

WE partner with our community to educate and serve students.

collaboration Goal:

Teachers will collaborate with support teachers, specialists, administration, caregivers, and community partners to accelerate learning and monitor our students' academic learning and social/emotional outcomes. 

Measurement tools:  Building Equity Audit, Co-Teaching Needs Assessment, and student and BSD caregiver surveys completed annually.

Key Strategies:

• Analyze reading assessment data (IRLA) to develop student reading goals and lesson plans. 

• Analyze Dreambox data to select support work and assignments based on student's needs, and create small groups for learning support

• Analyze attendance data for recognition and intervention.

• Participate in school, district, and regional professional development opportunities.

• Grade-level teams meet weekly to plan collaboratively. 

• The Behavior Health and Wellness team meets weekly in response to students' and teachers' social and emotional support queries.  

• A multi-disciplinary support team 

• (Students Study Team) will collaborate with classroom teachers 3 x per year to discuss academic challenges.

• SST will institute effective processes to identify at-risk learners and collaboratively plan interventions to meet academic needs. 

• Teachers will be coached and mentored by a multi-disciplinary team in strategies and approaches to instituting learning acceleration plans.